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Blaq Poet – "Blaq Poet Society" Cover + Tracklist

Pizzo — Wed, 04 May 2011 03:56:26 +0000

June 21st will see the release of the new LP from the Screwball frontman. Guest shots from R.A. The Rugged Man, Celph Titled, Apathy, Jaysaun, Chief Kamachi, Vinnie Paz, Reef The Lost Cauze, Wais P, Capone, and Lateb.

1.) Intro
2.) Power Music (produced by Stu Bangas)
3.) Butcher Shop f/R.A The Rugged Man (produced by Vanderslice)
4.) Charles Speaks
5.) Daytime Shootouts f/Jaysaun & Chief Kamachi (produced by Stu Bangas)
6.) Hood Talk (produced by Stu Bangas)
7.) Bushmaster Music f/Vinnie Paz & Lateb (produced by Stu Bangas)
8.) Guns N Ammo (produced by Vanderslice)
9.) Mortuary Music (produced by Vanderslice)
10.) Bill Speaks
11.) New Age Villain f/Reef The Lost Cauze (produced by Vanderslice)
12.) Blood Pool f/Wais P (produced by Stu Bangas)
13.) Life Of A Hustler f/Capone (produced by Vanderslice)
14.) Nighttime Shootouts f/Apathy & Celph Titled (produced by Stu Bangas)

Screwball – “Got Dat Crack” / “Welcome Back Screwball” (MP3)

Pizzo — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 08:53:10 +0000

DJ Premier Blog stumbled upon this pair of new Screwball tracks, which you can hear below.

LISTEN: Screwball – “Got Dat Crack”

LISTEN: Screwball – “Welcome Back Screwball”

Screwball – Loyalty

D.T. Swinga — Mon, 01 Jan 2001 07:00:00 +0000

After being dissed over ten years ago on a classic hip-hop record by the god of hip-hop (see Boogie Down Productions’s “Still Number One”, circa 1988) with virtually no leg to stand on, one would think that Screwball’s Poet would have hung up his mic for good. One might think that by now, the Screwball crew would have given up, after trying to put records out independently for over five years, with the closest thing they’ve had to a big break was a Tommy Boy deal that went sour.

Enter Loyalty - Screwball’s second album, and also a testament to how true this crew is to the rap game. With very minimal commercial success, Screwball still demands respect in the streets and in the industry, thanks the endless amount of dues they have paid, with virtually every rapper to ever come out of Queensbridge from Kool G Rap to Nas has represented on a Screwball track. Much like their Brooklyn counterparts, M.O.P., (with whom they share the album’s lead single “Torture” ), Screwball remains a crew of underrated and hungry street rappers who seemingly will never put their mics down.

Extremely well produced, with the likes of Ayatollah, The Beatnuts, Ghetto Pros, and longtime collaborator Mike Heron behind the boards, Screwball’s Loyalty is a collection of QB street anthems that take you to the heart of The Bridge. While it’s no secret that collectively, Screwball are pretty much a run-of-the-mill group of emcees, the sheer amount of heart that they put into their delivery shines through each track. The fundamentals of the Screwball way are defined throughout the course of the album, on tracks like “Live and Let Die”,”Street Love”, and the title track, “Loyalty”, (feat. Cormega), touching upon the on-again-off-again beefs with Nas.

Loaded with guests, tracks shared with artists like Nature, (“Where You At?” ) Black Attack, (“I Spit”), Kool G. Rap and N.O.R.E. (“Gorillas”) help break up the monotony of Screwball’s simple, yet street-smart lyrics. With the exception of one gimmicky track, the R&B tinged get crunk anthem,”Gotta Believe”, Loyalty is a well-executed, consistent sophomore release for Screwball, with equal amounts of great production, street knowledge, and an undying love for their hood.

Screwball – Y2K The Album

Peter Agoston — Sat, 01 Jan 2000 07:00:00 +0000

As some may know, Screwball ain’t new to this. Like the song say, they’ve seen it all. Hostyle, Poet, KL, and Quran have remained staples in the indie Hip-Hop market before it was even considered to be one. Following the Hydra method of constantly releasing singles, these fellas had a catalog of pressed material before a lot of their contemporaries even owned a note book. And while they’ve all been rhyming for some time now, it was Poet’s response to “The Bridge Is Over”, “Beat You Down” that’ll testify for their longevity. Screwball are the crazy Vietnam vets of this rap shit, scuffed up but not broken. Ready to down that bottle and break it across your face. So to make a long point short, Screwball embodies all that is roughness.

“Fuck everybody and everything, I’m putting my balls on the table while you swing ya ding-a-ling.” authorizes Poet on the album’s commencement “First Blood”. Ok, so the mood is set and like we should expect, it’s on that tip exactly. So its only right to bust into the beautifully disrespectful “Fuck All You Bitch Ass Niggas (F.A.Y.B.A.N.)”. And if Premiere couldn’t boost the intensity any more we have “Seen It All”. A somber banger encompassing the essence of Queensbridge. In similar fashion, touched by the Soul Survivor Pete Rock’s magic wand, “You Love To Hear The Stories” has Screwball recalling Hip-Hop’s beginning affiliations with their infinitely infamous housing project. Accompanied by a nice little appearance by fellow Q.U. vet MC Shan this track is surely set to burn through NYC radio and beyond. The ingeniously controversial “Who Shot Rudy” scores points, as does the vicious “Attention A&R Dept.” and the commercial resurfacing of “On The Real”. This time with the inclusion of Cormega and Havoc, yet unfortunately the presence of Nas (who was on the original) is sorely missed this time around.

“H.O.S.T.Y.L.E.”, while the emcee’s solo endeavor bumps with the most bangability then any other track, Y2K is solid as the lyrical brick these 4 men throw at you. Screwball are credit deserving masters of their craft.